Buy American: Biden sees industry pushback as allies warn of trade consequences
WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden traveled this summer to the Mack Trucks factory in Pennsylvania to circle back to a politically…
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Exhausted and without hope, East Asian youth are ‘lying flat’
Now 24, Li just wants to take a rest.Across the country, young people like Li — who requested to be referred to by that pseudonym…
One million vacancies and soaring wages fuel UK inflation fears
The strong recovery in the labor market was highlighted in data published Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics and it…
This is a first: The US has 10 million job openings
Hiring is rampant across industries, as businesses are still rebuilding the capacity lost during last year's lockdowns.…
US household debt soared to nearly $15 trillion last quarter
That's the largest nominal jump since 2007 and the biggest percentage increase in seven and a half years.In total, American…
Vaccine inequality is costing tens of billions in lost output
The organizations said vaccine inequity would have a "lasting and profound impact" on the recovery in low and lower-middle income…
Five things that are cheaper now than before the pandemic
Well, that's mostly true. It wasn't easy, but we found a handful of items that are still cheaper than when the pandemic started…
India’s billionaires got richer while coronavirus pushed millions of vulnerable people into…
But as these Indians struggle to live on a few dollars a day, the country's ultra-wealthy have gotten even richer and more…
Global inflation hasn’t been this high since 2008
Energy price hikes boosted average annual inflation across OECD countries to 3.3% in April, compared with 2.4% in March, the…
India’s economy was starting to recover. Then a second Covid wave hit
Asia's third biggest economy recorded a rise in gross domestic product of 1.6% in the January-March quarter, compared with the…